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Definition of Rocket launching

1. Noun. The launching of a rocket or missile under its own power.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocket Launching

Literary usage of Rocket launching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"The VAB was the heart of NASA's mobile launch concept, a radical departure from earlier tradition in rocket launching. Previous custom was to "stack" ..."

2. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Ivana Nizich (1993)
"(5) Airfields, rocket launching ramps and naval base installations. (6) Those of the lines and means of communication (railway lines, roads, bridges, ..."

3. Across the Reef: The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War by Victor J. Croizat (2001)
"Rocket-launching devices and mine- detonating grapnels proved ineffective when not actually dangerous. Only the heavy flame-thrower, introduced at Peleliu, ..."

4. Marooned: The Story of a Cornish Seaman by James Derriman (2006)
"... showing the lighthouse Vince Cate The Times report (below) in May 1998 of plans to site a rocket launching pad on Sombrero (see page 142) ..."

5. Bloodshed in the Caucasus: Escalation of the Armed Conflict in Nagorno Karabakh by Rachel Denber, Robert K. Goldman (1992)
"Airfields, rocket launching ramps and naval base installations. 9. Those of the lines and means of communication (railway lines, roads, bridges, ..."

6. Adventure Guide to the Chesapeake Bay by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2000)
"The model rocket launching program invites you to bring your own. The Space Center is open daily 9-4, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day; ..."

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